New for March 14-18

             Mrs. Gilde’s News

March 14-18

Math:

This week’s topics:

·      Pretest on unit 6

·      Time and the hour hand only

·      More 2-digit number stories

·      Explorations

·      Introducing near doubles

This week we are starting a new unit on Addition Fact Strategies.  We will be talking a little about telling time.  We start with only the hour hand at first teaching them how to read that and then we introduce the minute hand.

Writing:

This week we got to research online using a safe sight called Kidrex.  The kids loved it!!  Their end goal this past week was to find 5 facts about their animals.  They were able to no problem.  This week we will start putting it all into a document using Show Me.  Can’t wait to see how they do with this!!

Reading:
Unit 4 Week 5
“Working with Animals”
This week’s Essential Question:  How do people work with animals?

This week’s vocabulary words: career, soothe, remarkable, advice, trust

comprehension skill:  Connections Within Text: sequence

comprehension strategy:  visualize

Spelling:

key, sandy, bumpy, my, puppy, night, funny, penny

Homework:

Reading folder 10 minutes each night.  Be sure to write it on the calendar for a free personal pizza at the end of the month.

Home links: Tuesday-Friday

Spelling test:  Spelling test on Friday

FYI:

The end of the marking period is fast approaching.  It will end on April 1.  Report cards will come home after spring break.  We will be having parent teacher conferences but only for those kids who I think need one or if you would like to meet with me as well.  They are only as needed in the spring.   Let me know if you would like to meet with me and I can have that arranged.

Important Dates:

PE:  Mondays and Fridays

Music:  Wednesday

March 17:  Dress up in camping green for St. Patrick’s Day – Irish Dance Assembly

March 18:  Mismatch Day – Donuts with Dad @ 7:15

March 21:  Delayed Start

March 21:  Alex’s birthday

March 24:  Read with a flashlight

March 25:  Good Friday- No school

March 28:  Read with a  flashlight

April 1:  Camp Out Day – Pajamas, trail mix, and a movie

April 3-8:  No school – Spring Break

Game Day Postponed

Hi All-

Just wanted to inform you that our game day will now be on Monday, February 29.  I will not be at school on Friday.  Spelling test is still a go though!!

Valentine's Day

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on February 11th in the afternoon.  I sent home a kleenex box with your child on Friday.  This is supposed to be a project for you and your child to do together.  You can add to the box if you would like to make it into something like a robot, monster, or even an animal.  One year I had someone make it into themselves.  It was super adorable.  Be creative!! The only thing that I ask that you do is have your child's name on the box somewhere so we know whose Valentine's go in which box.

We are still in need of ice cream and topping for the sundae party that we will be having for our party.  If you can send something in, that would be awesome!!  Just send me a quick email, note on DoJo, or even a note with your child to let me know what you can bring.  Thanks so much in advance!!

Here is a list of names for our party:

Caleb, Xander, Mason, Joshua, Reed, Carter, Chance, Chadd, Sean, Alex, Khloe, Kaylee, Ellie, Bella, Akira, Aubrey, Adi, Abby

Jump Rope for Heart will be in the morning on February 10th.  If you would like to come and jump or swing a rope that would be awesome!  The kids get so excited for this and have a BLAST!!  If you are unable to make it, no problem!  I will be taking pictures and hopefully even a few videos!

Halloween's a wrap

Thanks for all the parent helpers who came to help and be a part of our Halloween Party on Friday!  It was a big success!  I hope you were all able to stay warm and dry trick-or-treating!

There is no school tomorrow.  It's a teacher inservice day!  Enjoy that extra day with your kiddos!!

If you haven’t heard the news, we have hired a new first grade teacher to help us with our large class sizes.  His name is Mr. Wissner!  He is going to be a great addition to our staff.   He will be shadowing in our classrooms the week of November  9^th.  He will start with his new class on the 16^th.  We will sadly have to say good bye to 7 of our friends in our classroom.   If you happen to be one of the 7 families, I just want to say thank you for sharing your child with me for the past 2 months.  I have fallen in love with them and am going to be super sad to see them go.  I also want to say thank you for being flexible and willing to make this change.   After meeting Mr. Wissner, I can assure you that they will love him!

Just a reminder that there is also no school on November 19 for parent teacher conferences.  A note should be coming home soon!  If you are a family that will be joining Mr. Wissner's class, your conference will be with Mr. Wissner and myself.